Flap Necrosis after Palatoplasty in Patients with Cleft Palate

Table 1

Analysis of patients with cleft palate operated by three centers in Lima, Peru, who developed palatal flap necrosis 1994–2013.

	Center A	Center B		Center C	Total
	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4
Age^*	1	2	24	1
Sex
Male	1	0	0	0	1
Female	0	1	1	1	3
Type of cleft
Veau I	0	0	0	0	0
Veau II	0	1	1	0	2
Veau III	0	0	0	0	0
Veau IV	1	0	0	1	2
Prevalence	155/1 (0.64%)	325/2 (0.61%)		694/1 (0.14%)	1,174/4 (0.34%)

Age at the time of the surgery.